“When I was a child I heard my elders say that within this Forbidden Zone there is a Reincarnation Sea, born from the meditation of an immortal strongman in the Primordial Age.”

“The sea overflows with boundless spiritual qi and abundant longevity substances. If I can find this Reincarnation Sea, perhaps the bloodline curse can be broken.”

At the entrance to the Forbidden Zone, the little fox gazed at the distant place suffused with immortal light, murmuring to herself.

“However, this place not only shelters beings from the age of myths and countless Supremes in hiding, it also harbors ominous curses.”

“Going there is a death-defying journey—are you truly prepared?”

Gu Changqing was quiet, only calmly saying, “We shall live and die together.”

“We shall live and die together.”

The little fox murmured this once and said no more. Then they stepped into the Forbidden Zone.

The cultivators’ gazes were complicated and somewhat fervent.

The Reincarnation Forbidden Zone.

Those four words made every cultivator’s heart tremble.

It wasn’t that they hadn’t heard of this area. Yet even with Supremes, Quasi-Emperors, or Great Emperors among them, they dared not rashly enter such a place.

The Forbidden Zone was exceptionally perilous. The vast majority of things there contained ominous curses.

Even though there were also plenty of immeasurable wondrous treasures, they still would not venture deep inside.

“A nearly dying demon fox and a mortal with no cultivation—how did they come out of this place?”

“Perhaps the little fox never came out at all. Perhaps only the Heavenly Emperor emerged.”

“If so, then the Heavenly Emperor must have obtained an alternative cultivation method inside, which is how he could become a Great Emperor, right?”

The cultivators’ expressions stirred as they argued among themselves.

When someone suggested the Heavenly Emperor had acquired an alternative cultivation method, many cultivators’ eyes grew heated.

They had long hankered after this unconventional method of the Heavenly Emperor!

The Heavenly Emperor rose to become a Great Emperor and could suppress countless Great Emperor-level strongmen—wasn’t that precisely because of this method!

“Wait here for me, I’ll catch some fish. Replenish our strength so we can continue on.”

After entering the Forbidden Zone, the two encountered no particular danger.

Instead, they came across a lake.

The lake water was clear, teeming with fish and shrimp.

“I’ll go.” Gu Changqing felt a bit embarrassed. It seemed the little fox had been taking care of him all this time.

“Fishing is our fox clan’s secret skill.” The little fox grinned as if smiling at Gu Changqing, then dove headfirst into the lake.

Gu Changqing did not argue with her.

He sat cross-legged by the stream on the bank and began cultivating by himself.

In recent days he had been attempting to train.

His dao foundation was shattered and he could not guide spiritual qi. His sword heart was broken and he could not comprehend the sword dao.

But Gu Changqing did not give up.

In the past he had once entered the top ranks of cultivators. Only at that level could one sense things in this world that ordinary people could not.

Laws!

That’s right, dao laws.

Compared to the complexity of the early stages of cultivation, the later stages felt increasingly simple to Gu Changqing.

He could sense that every space in the Beixuan Continent contained laws. In other words, laws constituted this world.

Time, space, light, darkness… everything was made up of laws.

Even the sword dao was, in essence, integrating laws with oneself.

And now Gu Changqing was directly bypassing many realms to comprehend the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

If he could master the rules of the Heavenly Dao, he could become a lord of laws—using them to manipulate the great tides of heaven and earth, even harnessing cosmic might to repel enemies.

Gu Changqing didn’t know whether this method would lead to becoming a cultivator, but for him now, any cultivation path was worth trying.

Outside the mirror.

Seeing Gu Changqing sitting there cultivating, the crowd couldn’t help but smirk.

Gu Changqing’s tenacity was indeed admirable, but his actions now struck many as somewhat foolish.

Like someone trying to make the sun rise in the west and set in the east.

Knowing it’s impossible yet still attempting it—truly foolish.

“That little fox too—using her demonic blood to gather spiritual resonance for the Heavenly Emperor, stealing pills to heal him.”

“What did she gain besides being wounded all over? Now even though the Heavenly Emperor has recovered, she still fishes for him—truly stupid.”

“Little does she know, after all she has done for the Heavenly Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor will only repay kindness with ingratitude in the future.”

Countless cultivators felt the little fox was treated unfairly, their hearts filled with resentment.

The Qingqiu Empress, seeing that little fox, felt an even greater surge of anger.

That lowly fox.

She had even lost the pride a Demon ought to have.

Saving someone was one thing, but there ought to be a limit to being kind to others. Just because he’s hungry, she decided to go and fish for him?

Didn’t he have hands and feet? Wasn’t he already healed?!

Why rush to act like a slave for him!

Thankfully she was certain that this fox was probably dead. Otherwise, Bai Su might very well seek out the little fox right now and teach her a good lesson.